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This will open in a new window and print out on standard 8½" X 11" paper

For this tutorial you will need:
ULead PhotoImpact - available for purchase here
or
Adobe Photoshop - available for purchase here
or
Adobe Photoshop Elements - available for purchase here
or
Jasc Paint Shop Pro - available for purchase here
This tutorial will work in any of these programs.

Filters and Materials needed
Fantastic Machines Paint Engine - available free here

Let's get started! This is super simple.

1. Open a new canvas, 200  X 200 pixels and flood fill with the color of your choice.
2. Go to Effects (or Filters)>Fantastic Machines>Paint Engine
Go to your folder C://Windows and look for a file called fmachine.ini
Open it with notepad and copy and paste this line at the bottom, exactly as it is here
Setting53=Ellie's sponge;1,1,0,0,0,9,77,0,14,2,68,119,92,36,-9,-7,0,0,4294967230,51
Save (to the same spot) and close. When you open your FM Paint Engine you will see the new
setting in the drop down menu at the bottom, where you can see the word's Ellie's Sponge below.
If you would rather put them in manually, here are the settings

After putting them in, click on the save button and give it a name.
See the buttons on the bottom right? They are labeled R G and B.
Try each one to see what gives  you the best effect.
Now just check Wrap Edges (bottom left) and apply.
3.That's it! You're done!!
Some more examples.
       
As you can see, you can barely see it on the blue.
I put it here to show you that it doesn't work well on that color.
In the second sample I applied the unsharp mask (found in the Effect or Filter menu,
in the Sharpen category) 4-5 times at maximum setting.
In the third one I added noise to the second tile where I had applied the unsharp mask.
So if you want to use a bright color like this and you can't see the effect much, try those methods to bring it out.

     

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Have a wonderful day!

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Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental and unintentional.
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